2156 Kate
U–B = 0.525[1] | |
| 12.69[1][5][3] · 13.23±1.05[9] | |
2156 Kate (
rotation period
of 5.6 hours and measures approximately 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) in diameter.
Orbit and classification
Kate orbits the Sun in the
precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made, the asteroid's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Simeiz in 1917.[10]
Naming
This
M.P.C. 5284).[11]
Physical characteristics
In the
Tholen classification, Kate is a common S-type asteroid.[1] It has also been characterized as a rare A-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS' large photometric survey.[9]
Rotation period
Lightcurve
-based 3D-model of KateA large number of rotational
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the
albedo of 0.189 and 0.2242, respectively,[3][4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 8.61 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.69.[5]
Notes
- ^ U=3). Summary figures for (2156) Kate at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2156 Kate (A917 SH)" (2017-05-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ . Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d "LCDB Data for (2156) Kate". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ a b "2156 Kate (A917 SH)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
External links
- Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Geneva Observatory, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 2156 Kate at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 2156 Kate at the JPL Small-Body Database
